MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01911cam a22003138a 4500
001 2008053647
003 DLC
005 20090226100719.0
008 081214s2009 ncu b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2008053647
020 $a9780822367161 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aNcD/DLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-tx
050 00 $aPF5938.5.T4$bB63 2009
082 00 $a437/.9764887$222
100 1 $aBoas, Hans Christian,$d1971-
245 14 $aThe life and death of Texas German /$cHans C. Boas.
260 $aDurham :$bDuke University Press for the American Dialect Society,$c2009.
263 $a0903
300 $ap. cm.
490 1 $aPublication of the American Dialect Society ;$vno. 93
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aGerman immigration to Texas -- New Braunfels 1845/2000 -- Diglossia -- The founding period 1845/50 : diglossia or standard-with-dialect? -- German language domains 1850/90 -- German langauge domains 1890/1920 -- German language domains 1920/60 : diglossia English/Texas German -- German language domains 1960/2000 : language Shift -- Texas German in the Twenty-First Century -- German sprachinseln around the world -- Koineization : and new-dialect formation -- Donor dialects of Texas German -- Setting the stage for determining dialect-specific features in Texas German -- Development of the vowel system -- Consonants -- Other phonological developments -- Evaluation of phonological data -- Case in German -- Word order -- Loss of preterite -- Number -- Gender -- Language death -- Why is Texas German dying? -- Language attitudes and language maintenance.
650 0 $aGerman language$zTexas$zNew Braunfels$xHistory.
650 0 $aGermans$zTexas$zNew Braunfels.
710 2 $aAmerican Dialect Society.
730 0 $aAmerican Speech. $n vol. 83 (Supplement).
830 0 $aPublication of the American Dialect Society ;$vno. 93.